Date of Completion
8-19-2014
Embargo Period
2-15-2015
Keywords
Terminal Archaic, Susquehanna, social exchange, sub-cultural systems, burial ritual
Major Advisor
Kevin McBride
Associate Advisor
Brian Jones
Associate Advisor
Nicholas Bellantoni
Associate Advisor
Blaire Gagnon
Field of Study
Anthropology
Degree
Doctor of Philosophy
Open Access
Open Access
Abstract
Broad-tool cultural activities and ritual behaviors, across southern New England, have characteristically been examined as attributes of a mono-cultural system, which expressed little cultural variation throughout the region during the Terminal Archaic Period (3,700–2,700 BP). Much of this stems from discussions dating back to the 1960s and 1970s, which generalized Narrow-Stemmed and Broad-tool cultures to ascertain whether the two existed side-by-side within a multi-cultural neighborhood 3,700 years ago. The idea that smaller, sub-cultural populations may have existed within the broader tradition has been largely ignored or overlooked by archaeologists. Concentrating on Broad-tool socio-economic exchange systems, lithic selection and deposit and the ritual burial of the dead, this research illustrates the existence of Broad-tool sub-cultural systems inhabiting Connecticut during the period.
Recommended Citation
Cruz, Heather C., "Searching for Sub-cultural Systems during the Terminal Archaic: An Examination of Burial Rituals and Socio-economic Networks in Southern New England" (2014). Doctoral Dissertations. 558.
https://digitalcommons.lib.uconn.edu/dissertations/558
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